Our Process

Action and Sound
Our restoration processes involve complete disassembly, thorough
cleaning, polishing of surfaces, replacing damaged or perished
components. Each tine and pickup is evaluated for tone, sustain and
function. Damaged components are replaced with correct parts which
are either new production or vintage OEM parts from donor
instruments. After the mechanical restoration is complete your
Rhodes is run through our setup process and finalized.

Some considerations for folks shopping restorations. The sum of a
good Rhodes isn't about replacing every component and screwing in
cheaply made parts from who knows where or tuning the piano with a
cell phone! Many shops simply miss the mark on finite details
which surface in the finalized instrument. An experienced
technician executing a proper setup makes for the best instrument!
Having good parts helps too! "Doing it right" is our craft here at
RetroLinear.

Suitcase & Super Satellite Electronics
Our electronics technicians have over 60 combined years of service
experience. Being thorough and methodical is paramount - no
stones are left unturned- no corners are cut. Generally with
Peterson, Janus and Super Satellite electronics we'll fully restore
these systems front to back. This entails recapping, replacing
obsolete noisy transistors, faulty resistors which have drifted out
of spec. We've developed our own proprietary circuit upgrades
to lower noise floor, reduce hum, eliminate vibrato thumping -
effectively streamlining these old-school designs with a
modern approach but without altering their tonal identity!